Shared library of UI components across Northern.tech projects

Local development

A local package repository (yalc) can be used to sync changes between this library and consumer applications (e.g., mender-server) without publishing to a remote registry.

1. Install yalc

npm install -g yalc or npm install -g @jimsheen/yalc

2. In the Library Repository

• Publish All: Run npm run yalc:publish from the root to build all packages and add them to the local store.
• Active Development: Run npm run dev within a specific package directory. This starts a watcher that automatically builds and pushes updates to the local store and any linked consumers. NOTE: dts generation is disabled in dev mode to reduce RAM consumption.

3. In the Consumer Application (e.g., mender-server)

• Link Packages: Use yalc add @northern.tech/{package_name} to point the application to your local build. In mender-server, it’s possible to add all packages using npm run yalc:init
• Restore NPM Versions: Run yalc remove --all followed by npm install to revert to the official published packages.

⚠️ Warning: yalc add modifies your package.json with local file paths. Do not commit these changes to the repository.